WORTH READING 16 May 2005

Answered Prayers

A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the
men on
it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors,
not
knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to
pray
to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed
to
divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the
island.

The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first
man
saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land, and he was able to eat
its
fruit. The other man's parcel of land remained barren.

After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a
wife.
The next day, another ship was wrecked, and the only survivor was a
woman
who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, there
was
nothing.

Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day,
like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man
still
had nothing.

Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife would
leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of
the
island.

The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the
second
man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's
blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered. As the ship was
about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, "Why
are
you leaving your companion on the island?"

"My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them,"
the
first man answered.

"His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve anything."

"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him. "He had only one prayer,
which I
answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my
blessings."

"Tell me," the first man asked the voice, "What did he pray for that I
should owe him anything?"
"He prayed that all your prayers be answered."

For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone,
but
those of another praying for us.

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